Carrots are a very common vegetable in our daily lives.
Not only does it taste good, but it is extremely rich in nutritional value.
If you want to fully absorb the carotenoids in carrots, it is best to eat them steamed or boiled.
If you think steaming and boiling are both troublesome, the easiest thing to do is to squeeze carrot juice fresh.
Carrot juice has always been a very popular drink. To make carrot juice more delicious, we can add oranges together with freshly squeezed.
Freshly squeezed carrot juice is not difficult to make.
The only prep work to prepare for the preparation process is to add some salt to the carrots to prevent oxidation.
Because it still takes longer to juice with the original juicer.
Since carrots are rich in a variety of nutrients such as carotene, they have a variety of nutritional values such as bright eyes and beauty.
So what are the effects of carrot juice?
1. Vitamin A supplement
Carrots are rich in carotene, which can be turned into vitamin A needed by the action of enzymes in the intestinal tract.
Lack of vitamin A in the human body makes the body susceptible to dry eyes and night blindness, and causes dry skin, as well as reduced resistance to infection in the eye, respiratory tract, urinary tract and intestinal mucosa.
Children lack of vitamin A, teeth and bone development will also be affected.
2. Lower blood sugar effect
Modern pharmacological research has proved that carrots contain a component that can lower blood sugar.
After extracting carrots with petroleum ether, a yellow substance of indeterminate type can be obtained, which has a significant effect on lowering blood sugar in both animals and humans.
In addition, if people take carrot juice three times a day, it can lower blood pressure and has an anti-lung cancer effect.
3. Brighten the eyes
Carrots contain a variety of nutrients that are protective of eye health.
Especially the rich carotene, after being absorbed and utilized into vitamin A, vitamin A and protein can be combined to form retinol, which is an important substance for the retinal rod cells of the eye to sense weak light.
At the same time, vitamin A can also make the epithelial cells secrete mucus to prevent the occurrence of dry eye disease.
4. Disease prevention
Some studies show that carrots can make lower cholesterol, prevent heart disease and tumors.
And it can fight against cancer, especially for people who smoke.
In addition, carrot juice can also lower blood pressure.
Carrot juice preparation materials
Ingredients:
150g of carrot
50g of egg
Seasoning
5 grams of honey
3 grams of sesame oil
Production process
1. Stir the carrot to get the juice.
2. Boil the water.
3. Break the eggs and pour them into the boiling water.
4. Add carrot juice, honey, and sesame oil.
The carotene contained in carrots can inhibit UV damage to the skin and effectively prevent wrinkles and sagging of the skin.
And it can also increase the blood circulation of the skin and make the skin rosier.
Under normal circumstances, people drink carrot juice is not bad for the body, but it should not be consumed in excess, if too much at once.
It will make the pigment in the carrot deposited on the skin's surface, which will make people's skin yellow.
